Barrel-follower.



PATENTED FEB. 21, 1905.

L. LAUDENSLAGER.

BARREL POLLOWER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15, 1904.

Patented February 21, 1905.

PATENT OEEICE.

LYMAN LAUDENSLAGER, OF HUDSON, OHIO.

BARREL-FOLLOWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 782,972, dated February 21, 1905.

Application filed June 15, 1904. Serial No. 212,652. i

To In whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LYMAN LAUDENSLAGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hudson, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Barrel-Followers, of which the following is a complete specification.

My invention has relation to barrel-followers used for holding substances submerged in a preserving or pickling liquor.

The objects of my invention are to produce a simple attachment capable of use on nearly all forms of vessels used for preserving or pickling commonly found in the ordinary household and to make this attachment adjustable, so as to be capable of attachment to vessels of different sizes and of various depths; and a final object is to construct such a follower for the purposes described of extreme simplicity, cheapness, and durability. which can be used by the ordinary housewife without special tools or mechanical talent.

To the accomplishment of the aforesaid objects my invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction, arrangement, and combination of the various parts hereinafter described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar reference-numerals indicate like parts on the different figures, Figure 1 is a central vertical section of a crock with my attachment in place, and Fig. 2 is an end view. of one of the clamps used in the device.

In the drawings, 1 is a receptacle of a configuration most commonly found in the ordinary household, partially filled with a preserving or pickling liquor, in which is submerged some article 2, as a piece of beef which is to be corned or pickled. This article or substance 2 which is to be preserved is held under the preserving liquor by afollowerblock 3, preferably perforated and which may be made in the shape of a cross, as shown in the drawings, or may be circular, with a diameter slightly less than the interior of the body of the crock. From this follower-block 3 there extends vertically a rod 4, which, like the follower-block 3, is preferably of wood of a kind which will not impart disagreeable tastes to the preserving liquor nor in any way alter its quality. Extending across the top of the receptacle is a bar 5, having an enlarged center 6, through which the rod lpasses, and the position of the rod 4 in the bar 5 is maintained by a set-screw 7, which clamps the rod 4.

On the two outer ends of the bar 5 are clam ping members 8, which slide freely on said bar and are each provided with set-screws 9 for locking them in position thereon. The inner face of these clamping members are hollowed out into a groove 10, which may be of substantially the curve ordinarily found on the beading which surrounds the outer upper edge of; the ordinary receptacle, or it may be of slightly larger radius without impairing its quality as a clamp.

In placing this device in position the follower 3 and red i are inserted in the jar l and the bar 5 slipped over the rod 4 and downward until it rests on the top edge of the receptacle. The clamping members 8 are pushed inwardly until they firmly encounter the outer edges of the receptacle, which is followed by the tightening of the set-screws 9 holding them in place. The rod 4: and follower 3 are then pushed down firmly on the article to be submerged and the set-serews 7 tightened.

It will be seen from the foregoing description, in connection with the drawings, that this produces a simple and easily-applied device for domestic use which can be placed and re moved with great ease and speed and at no time will spoil or injure the contents of the receptacle, thereby forming an unusually useful article for domestic use.

What I claim, and desire to obtain by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a receptacle, of a cross-bar arranged across the top thereof, clamping members slidable on said bar, means on said members to engage the outside edges of said receptacle, means to lock said members in position on said bar,-a rod slidably arranged in said receptacle, means to cause the coopera- .tion of said rod and bar, and afollower-block on the lower end of said rod.

2. A device to be used m combination with a receptacle, consisting of across-bar, slidable clamping members on said cross-bar, means to In testimony that I claim the above I herehold said members at deslred places on sand unto set my hand 1n the presence of two subcross-bar, means on said members to engage scribing wltnesses.

the outside edges of said receptacle, a vertical LYMAN LAUDENSLAGER. 5 rod arranged to pass through said cross-bar, In presence of a follower-block on said rod, and means to (J. E. HUMPHREY,

cause the cooperation of said rod and bar. MABELLE SURGEON. 

